Tonight John and I saw a horrible incident on our way home from dinner at Finn's. Ventura Blvd was completely blocked off from Woodlake and there were dozens of police cars, a couple helicopters and we saw the channel 4 news van. As we continued home we saw a dead body in the gutter covered with a bloody sheet across from Jerry's Deli on Ventura Blvd. We still haven't heard the story but obviously something went very wrong. I've never seen anything like it and I'm still in shock. It just makes you realize that life is not forever.
I got to thinking about things I want to make sure to do in life and I remembered that John and I had made a bucket list a couple years ago. I found it in my email...we did it almost exactly 2 years ago, on September 12th, 2007. I went through and updated it tonight with all the things we've done so far and I even added a few to the list. The original plan was to do about 5 things a year and add about 5 things a year so we can continue it for the rest of our lives :) So far we've done 11 so we're right on track!
1. Own a house with a big backyard
2. Climb to the top of the Statue of Liberty
3. Ride in a hot air balloon
4. Bungee Jump
5. Make Beer
6. Fly first class
7. Own a dog-April 2008 Rusty and November 2008 Rambo
8. Learn how to ballroom dance-2009 took dance lessons
9. See a baseball game at Fenway Park
10. Sing Karaoke…an entire song-John’s Birthday 2008
11. Bowl a 300 game
12. Visit Stonehenge
13. Drive the Autobahn
14. Go to Disney World
15. Visit the pyramids of Egypt
16. See an active Volcano
17. Go to the top of the Empire State Building
18. Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
19. Donate Blood-John did 2009 and with being pregnant I consider I have too with all the blood they’ve taken
20. Give money to a charity-2009
21. Go to a UCLA USC football game….I think it's Thanksgiving
22. Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef
23. Learn how to jump the entire wake wakeboarding
24. Have at least 2 kids
25. Have all my kids go to college and get degrees
26. Save enough to retire by 60
27. Work for ourselves
28. Swim with dolphins-April 2008 in Mexico with Tim and Kim
29. Join the mile high club
30. Drive a Ferrari
31. Own a Mercedes-2009
32. Skinny dip in the ocean-halfway in Mexico but not fully
33. Jump into a waterfall
34. Hike up half dome on June 21st
35. Raft through the Grand Canyon
36. Grow a garden
37. Go in a hot air balloon
38. Go to the Olympics, somewhere
39. Watch a fight at Madison Square Garden
40. See the Northern Lights
41. Run with the bulls in Pampolona-or at least watch
42. Float in the dead sea
43. Go whitewater rafting
44. Dance in pouring rain
45. Visit all 50 States
46. Attend a concert at Red Rocks-Smashing Pumpkins 2008
47. Go to Octoberfest
48. Watch a meteor shower-2008 highly overrated
49. Bet on a winning horse
50. Milk a cow
51. Watch movies for an entire weekend
52. Make out in the rain
53. Play in Mud
54. Visit the Great Wall of China
55. Get Married
56. Get a tattoo
57. Ride a gondola in Venice-July 2009 Honeymoon
58. Break a bone
59. Go on an African safari
60. Eat Kangaroo
61. Eat Shark
62. Memorize a favorite poem
63. Go to a nude beach, naked
64. Go on a sandals vacation
65. Wind Surf
66. See every Major League Baseball Stadium
67. go to the superbowl
68. Alaskan Cruise
69. Salmon fishing
70. Drive across the country
71. go to a world cup
72. golf in Scotland
73. Kiss each other on every continent-North America, Europe and Asia DONE!
74. Horseback Ride on the beach-tried in Mexico but malnourished horses made me sad
75. Go to a Bobby Flay restaurant
76. Watch the launch of a space shuttle
77. Run a marathon
78. Go dog sledding
79. See Salmon run in Alaska
80. Be on a game show on TV-Done!! I had to add this one even though it's after the fact. Wipeout March 2009 and John has already been on blind date.
